UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions – experts
The national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations. Photograph: Geza Kurka/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations. The department’s guidance suggests journalists are protected, but Lord Anderson said those protections were not explicit in the bill.“The bill seems to have been pulled together in a hurry, with mooted safeguards for NGOs and journalists largely absent from its text,” the peer said.
- ▪The national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations.
- ▪Photograph: Geza Kurka/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations.
- ▪The department’s guidance suggests journalists are protected, but Lord Anderson said those protections were not explicit in the bill.“The bill seems to have been pulled together in a hurry, with mooted safeguards for NGOs and journalists la
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The national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations. Photograph: Geza Kurka/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe national security (state threats) bill is designed to allow the UK government to label state-backed groups as terrorist organisations. Photograph: Geza Kurka/AlamyUK security and counter-terrorismUK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions, experts sayTwo independent reviewers of terrorism legislation call for safeguards for NGOs and journalists before bill becomes law this weekPippa Crerar and Aamna MohdinMon 29 Jun 2026 12.20 EDTFirst published on Mon 29 Jun 2026 06.15 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBritish foreign correspondents could be at risk of…
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